privacy

You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users’ mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher such …

A letter received by the Associated Press’ general counsel has revealed that the DOJ has successfully subpoenaed two months’ worth of telephone toll records for …

Three researchers from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have discovered a simple way to hijack Facebook accounts by just by misusing existing features and responses …

U.K.-based ISP Netcraft is warning users about phishers impersonating eBay’s live chat support feature in the hopes of getting their hands on eBay users’ login, …

Last week I’ve written about the ways confidential data can leak outside the organization if the IT security team doesn’t pay attention to printers, shredders, or …

76 percent of consumers are concerned about their privacy when they share their life on social platforms. Facebook’s array of privacy settings, which enable users to …

The recent hacking of the Associated Press’ Twitter account has begged the question, how secure are social media accounts? A study released by IObit reveals that 30% …

Everywhere I go, I hear some variation of the claim that “young people today just don’t care about privacy.” This is something that people widely seem to …

The advent of Google Glass – the Augmented reality, head-mounted display that looks like a pair of glasses (albeit a little more high-tech) and allows users to access …

Bitcoin is a digital currency whose creation and transfer is based on an open source cryptographic protocol. There are many benefits to using it (no transaction fees, …

Some two months ago, Reporters Without Borders have identified UK-based Gamma International as one of the “enemies of the Internet” due to their FinFisher spyware …

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released its annual report on online service providers’ practices when it comes to protecting users’ privacy and data from …